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Fairy tales: How about a dose of reality?
This Spring, we will celebrate anew the ideals we first learned from fairy tales: true love, romantic harmony, and a soul mate with whom we are destined to be united for "happily ever after" by that most perfect of storybook unions, the "fairy tale wedding."
This fantasy surrounds us, if not in our own lives, then in store windows, on television date-and-mate "reality" shows like Joe Millionaire and The Bachelor, and on the big screen. In Hollywood's most recent Cinderella story, Maid in Manhattan, a hotel maid (Jennifer Lopez) dresses up in borrowed Dolce & Gabbana, heads off to the ball (a housing projects fundraiser), and snags a modern prince/politician (Ralph Fiennes).
But anyone who wishes for a real-life fairy tale romance might want to read their fairy tales again. The first published contes de fées, as they were called by the Parisian aristocracy at the end of the 17th century, did indeed revolve around courtship and weddings, but they told of unions that were anything but sweet and loving.
Charles Perrault's famous 1697 collection, Tales of Times Past with Morals, better known today as the Mother Goose Tales, feature cruelty, deceit, greed, murder and nasty in-laws. His pre-Disney Sleeping Beauty is not chastely awakened by a kiss, but rather impregnated by a passing prince and hidden in the woods. Years later, the prince's mother tries to eat her. (In an earlier Italian version of the tale, the prince rapes the heroine in her sleep.)
The young bride in Perrault's Bluebeard appears at first to have made a better match, by marrying a wealthy widower. Alas, it turns out her groom is a serial killer. One day when he's out on business, she discovers, in a secret chamber, the corpses of his former wives hanging on the walls.
As for Cinderella, Hollywood's Maid in Manhattan (and earlier send-ups like Pretty Woman, and Sabrina) may preach about true love transcending class, but in Perrault's original story, Prince Charming falls for Cinderella's gown and slippers but fails to recognize her face. (He mistakes her for her stepsisters, and has to rely on shoe size to be sure he gets the right bride.)
These early fairy tales suggest how much our expectations of love and marriage have changed in three centuries– for Perrault's "fairy tale wedding" was not entirely make-believe. It was based on the prevailing aristocratic marriage of the 17th century, the marriage de raison.
Orchestrated by parents, it was not a love match but a business affair, often no more than a crass exchange of assets. Take, for example, the noble but heavily indebted Grignan family, who traded their son to the daughter of a wealthy tax farmer for the sum of 400,000 livres. The young newlyweds in question did not meet until one week after the wedding contract was signed.
"Console yourselves for a mésalliance," urged a cousin of the groom's mother in a letter of 1694, "by the relief you will feel at no longer being harassed by creditors when you sojourn in your large, beautiful, magnificent château."
The idea that love or romance should lead to marriage would have been laughed at back in 17th century France, when a series of draconian laws consolidated parental control over the sexual and marital alliances of their offspring. Over the course of the 16th and 17th centuries, the age of minority was raised, and raised again, until an ordinance of 1629 simply declared all offspring, regardless of age, sex or marital status, to be minors, subject to parental rule.
An edict of 1556 outlawed "clandestine" marriage, meaning marriage without parental consent. Witnesses, and wedding banns published announcements of intent to wed, intended to impede impetuous romantic unions were required by law, and in the event of a clandestine marriage, not only the transgressing couple but also the witnesses and priest could be severely punished.
Finally, elopement and rape the law made relatively little distinction between these terms were viewed as crimes against parental rights. Those convicted of "rapt" meaning either seduction or abduction (from the same roots we get both "rape" and "rapture") could be banished, disinherited, or even sentenced to death.
When Cinderella and her step-sisters are urged to go the ball to win the Prince's hand in marriage, when Bluebeard's bride finds that her wealthy husband comes with an unpleasant past, or when Sleeping Beauty's prince attempts to hide his lover from his parents in the forest (and when his mother later attempts to take Sleeping Beauty out of the picture), we're not reading pure fiction, but parables of 17th century aristocratic life, where newlyweds were often strangers, money more important than romance, and love was not the key, but rather an impediment, to successful marriage.
The modern romantic understanding of the fairy tale– and especially the romantic ideal of a "fairy tale wedding"– owes most to this century, when Americans began to glorify marriage and domesticity after World War II. In the 1950s, the age of first marriage dropped, as did the age of first childbirth and the divorce rate, while movie stars posed for ads holding mops, and the hours women devoted to housework increased.
Fairy tales came to capture these new ideals, immortalized by Walt Disney, whose first full-length animated feature in 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, shows the cartoon heroine whistling and singing with rabbits and deer, while she cooks, darns socks, and scrubs the dwarfs' bachelor pad.
Similarly, in 1950 the heroine of Disney's Cinderella sings and dances with mice and birds while she cleans house and stitches her ball gown, chores that anticipate her future life as happy housewife to Prince Charming. Those films transformed the message of the fairy tale, just as today we continue to spin our own romantic wives' tales, recasting Cinderella as a hard-working hotel maid on her way to a housing project fundraiser, her original (and rather crass) mission to snag a wealthy husband totally, and romantically, forgotten.
Catherine Orenstein is author of" Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale." This essay originally appeared in the New York Times.


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Elin Nordegren is thiiiis close to moving out of her substandard regular-sized mansion and into her North Palm Beach MEGA-MANSION ... 'cause the home Tiger's infidelity funded is almost finished.
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It is hard to review this movie and not mention the tragic death of its writer/director Adrienne Shelly. For a young woman in the 90's she was an unsung hero, portraying women who didn't want to be beautiful, or famous or even in love. Hal Hartley used his muse to create a female Woody Allen - funny, smart and confused by her own search for the unnameable. Ms. Shelley never failed in being simply interesting while taking in strange events and strange worlds unfolding around her. She emanated compassion with a steely sense of self preservation. I missed her presence for many years and when I heard about Waitress I felt her new day was coming and long over due. The violent crime against her fills me with such anger. That her future of telling her own stories is gone fills me with pain. There is no poetry in her death but because of who she was in the history of film there is a strong reminder that women must be ever vigilant against those who would silence us.
Waitress has enough of her compassion, hilarious practicality plus delicious pies to keep any viewer satisfied. Our young heroine, Keri Russell, is less than overjoyed at finding herself pregnant by her domineering and abusive husband. She falls into an affair with her doctor and dreams of making an escape by entering a pie contest which would free her from her unhappy story. Her fellow waitresses provide touching and absolute comic genius thanks to Cheryl Hines and Shelley herself. Nathan Fillion and Jeremy Sisto are no simple caricatures as the doctor and husband and as a bonus Eddie Jemison gives a unique and slightly sociopathic performance of spontaneous poetry reading as Shelly's courting beau. However, the jewel of casting is Andy Griffith as the grumpy diner regular. What a joy to see this veteran actor have some real fun and still make us feel like he could be the Pops that would teach us how to fish.
The writing follows a strong first person narrative and when other voices interject the effect is a seamless yet often surprising meld of perspectives. And the pies. Ohhhh, the pies. If you aren't craving one after you see this film then you and I have watched two different movies. In all it's a sweet story told with a mix of sugar and steel. A loving if incomplete testament to the special legacy Shelly has left behind.


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by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in recent days has made contradictory statements concerning violence and war against Israel. To the English speaking audience Abbas said he would never turn to violence; in Arabic he said he would join Arab states in a war against Israel.
Abbas to Western audience:
"'I am committed to peace, but not forever,' Mr. Abbas said. 'I don't mean I will turn to violence - never. In my life, I will never do it. But I cannot stay in my office forever doing nothing.'"
Abbas to Arab audience:
"I have said more than once that if the Arabs want war - we are with them." Abbas made the statement against violence in an interview with Bernard Avishai writing for the New York Times Magazine. The statement was intended for an international audience and reported in the New York Times on January 27, 2011.
Abbas made the second statement not ruling out war in a meeting with Egyptian and other Arab journalists. This statement was meant for an Arab audience and reported in the official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida on January 24, 2011.
Abbas stressed that he is against violence now because the Palestinians are unable and because the international community opposes it. He did not denounce violence as a tool:
"We do not wish to turn to armed struggle, because our [lack of] capabilities and the international atmosphere do not allow for it."
PA leaders' depicting non-violence against Israel as a necessary current strategy was exemplified recently during the 2010 peace talks. PA leaders repeatedly used apologetic language when explaining the rationale behind the non-violence to Palestinians.
Nabil Shaath, MP, member of Fatah Central Committee and former PA Foreign Minister, made a series of speeches justifying the cessation of violence, which he stressed was due to current conditions: "At the present time [the armed struggle] is not possible, or is not effective," he said. He noted "the inability to engage in the armed struggle," and pointed out that: "[it] has become undesirable now," and "international conditions do not permit us." Shaath also stressed the "right to return to the armed conflict whenever we view that as our people's interest." (Full quotes below.)
Abbas has repeated this willingness to join an all-out Arab war three times in the last year: First, to the Arab League in March, then in July, and now again:
The following are excerpts from the statements by Mahmoud Abbas (emphasis added):
Jan. 24, 2011, meeting with Egyptian and other Arab journalists:
"The President [Abbas] emphasized that in September the Palestinian leadership will pass a resolution which no-one will have dreamed of, if the available options concerning the peace process fail... President Abbas made it clear that the Arab Peace Initiative is the ideal solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict... He noted that the Palestinian Authority published the Peace Initiative in the Israeli media and on the 'streets', in order to bring it to the attention of the Israelis.
He emphasized that he supports the options that the Arab [state]s will choose, and added: 'I have said more than once that if the Arabs want war - we are with them. I cannot fight alone. We tried military action during the Second Intifada and during the attack on Gaza at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, after the [Hamas] refusal to renew the ceasefire, and it brought destruction upon us. 25% of the homes in Gaza are still in ruins.'He noted that he opposes military action and that he believes that popular operations resisting settlement and the [security] fence lead to clear positive results for the Palestinian cause. He noted that 50% of the participants in these demonstrations are Israelis, while 25% are foreigners. He added: 'We are determined to continue this activity, and we do not wish to turn to armed struggle, because our [lack of] capabilities and the international atmosphere do not allow for it."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 24, 2011]
July 6, 2010, in the home of PA Ambassador to Jordan, to writers and journalists:
"'We are unable to confront Israel militarily, and this point was discussed at the Arab League Summit in March in Sirt (Libya). There I turned to the Arab States and I said: 'If you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. But the Palestinians will not fight alone because they don't have the ability to do it.' ... 'The West Bank was completely destroyed and we will not agree that it will be destroyed again,' in addition to 'the inability to confront Israel militarily.'"
[Abbas, at meeting with writers and journalists
in the home of the Palestinian Ambassador to Jordan,
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 6, 2010]
The following are excerpts from the statements by Palestinian MP Nabil Shaath, (emphasis added):
MP Nabil Shaath (1): "... the armed struggle, which has become undesirable now"
"MP Dr. Nabil Shaath, member of Fatah Central Committee and Commissioner of Foreign Relations... emphasized that the Fatah's stated strategy for the struggle is to adopt the growing popular and 'non-violent' struggle against Israel, because of the inability to engage in the armed struggle, which has become undesirable now, although it is the right of the Palestinian people, which all international treaties and resolutions have guaranteed... Shaath emphasized that the non-violent struggle is no less honorable than the armed struggle, and that it does not signify submission to Israeli demands."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 20, 2010]
MP Nabil Shaath (2): "the armed struggle at the present time... is not effective"
"The current distancing from the armed struggle does not mean its absolute rejection... He noted that the difficulty of the conflict required the Palestinian people to diversify its activities of struggle - along with an emphasis on the importance of the armed struggle, which laid the basis for the existence of the state and contributed to maintaining the right and presenting it to the world - especially since the armed struggle at the present time is not possible, or is not effective, because of to the difficulties with which the Palestinian people contends."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 21, 2010]
MP Nabil Shaath (3): negotiations are "tactical" and "temporary"
"Dr. Nabil Shaath, Commissioner of International Relations and member of the Fatah Central Committee... stated that the decision to renew negotiations was a tactical decision, i.e., a temporary, defensive decision... and it is dependent upon the possibility of attaining tangible results for the Palestinians. He concluded: 'Even the resistance uses defensive tactics in order not to miss opportunities.'"
[Al-Dustur (Jordan), June 10, 2010]
MP Nabil Shaath (4): Palestinians will return to violence when it is "our people's interest."
"Dr. Nabil Shaath, member of the Fatah Central Committee... emphasized that 'the Palestinian people has the right to defend itself, and it has the right to act in the way of the armed struggle. We have acted in this way for 100 years. Fatah led it (the armed struggle) for 23 years, and Hamas adopted it for 15 years. We are proud of all of our Shahids (Martyrs), and it is our right to return to the armed conflict whenever we view that as our people's interest.'"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 7, 2010]
The following is the article in New York Times quoting Mahmoud Abbas:
Olmert Memoir Cites Near Deal for Mideast Peace
By Ethan Bronner
JERUSALEM - Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister of Israel, says in new memoirs that he and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, were very close to a peace deal two years ago, but Mr. Abbas's hesitation, Mr. Olmert's own legal troubles and the Israeli war in Gaza caused their talks to end. Shortly afterward, a right-wing Israeli government came to power...
In a separate interview, Mr. Abbas confirmed most of Mr. Olmert's account...
Mr. Avishai's article is scheduled to be published in The Times Magazine next month...
"I am committed to peace, but not forever," Mr. Abbas said. "I don't mean I will turn to violence - never. In my life, I will never do it. But I cannot stay in my office forever doing nothing."
He said Washington needed to play an active role, or "hopes for peace will collapse and the region will be controlled by extremists."
[The New York Times, Jan. 27, 2011]
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FRASER, Mich. – The Flamingo Motel in Fraser suffered significant damage after a fire broke out early Thursday morning.
Firefighters were dispatched to the fire in the 32000 block of Groesbeck Highway around 2am. The fire started in the bathroom ceiling of one of the rooms. When firefighters arrived, a significant part of the building was in flames.
The fire took several hours to completely extinguish. According to fire officials, all people inside the motel were able to get out safely without injuries.
The night manager of the Flamingo went door to door making sure everyone was out before leaving the burning building himself.
The incident closed Groesbeck Highway in both directions from Masonic Boulevard to 14 Mile Road for most of Thursday morning.
The American Red Cross provided 3 families assistance in the way of food, clothing, shelter and emotional support due to fire damage to the building. The Red Cross is on standby to provide assistance to additional occupants of the hotel if needed.
The Red Cross recommends two easy steps to help protect your home and loved ones from a fire:
- Get a smoke alarm and create a fire escape plan.
- Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half according to the National Fire Protection Association
- Place smoke alarms on every level of your home, including bedrooms
- Test smoke alarms once a month and replace batteries at least once a year
- Having a plan in place can help you escape, including at lease two ways to escape from every room of your home and a meeting spot at a safe distance from your home.
- Discuss the plan with everyone in the household and practice it at least twice a year
For more Red Cross fire safety and preparedness information visit, www.redcross.org/homefires


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Heartbroken and distressed family, friends and supporters of A-level student Yashika Bageerath vowed they would fight to return her to Britain after appearing to lose a legal battle to stop her deportation.
Previous attempts to deport the 19-year-old to Mauritius have been thwarted and frustrated when Air Mauritus refused to fly her out following an earlier refusal by British Airways - but Air Mauritus confirmed it has received a "directive" from the UK authorities and the youngster must leave.
It came after a judge at London's Law Courts has refused to grant an emergency injunction to block Miss Bageerathi's deportation to give her time to take her case to the Court of Appeal.
The last-ditch application was made as the youngster was being driven from Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire to Heathrow airport for an Air Mauritius flight at 9pm.
A spokesman for Oasis, a campaign group which is fighting for Miss Bageerath to stay, said they now feared she has been forced out of Britain on her own.
He said: "The last we we heard is that the flight was taxiing on the runway. We are very worried. No one is confirming anything. I can only assume that she has gone. She is the sort of person who would have telephoned us if she got a reprieve. We are all very worried."
An Air Mauritius spokesman said: "Yesterday 1st of April, Air Mauritius received a directive from UK authorities for the repatriation of Miss Bhageerathi. All conditions having been satisfied, the company had no other choice than to abide by the directive.
"The company has taken all steps to ensure that the flight of Miss Bhageerathi takes place in the best possible conditions.
"Air Mauritius regrets this situation, but as all airline companies cannot but abide by decisions taken by relevant authorities."
A spokesman at the Judicial Office confirmed the application had failed, but gave no further details.
In such cases, deportation orders are only stayed if a judge decides the case raises issues which are arguable and merit a further hearing.
The Home Office would give no official confirmation that the deportation had been carried out but a spokesman said: "The case has gone through the proper legal process and our decision has been supported by the courts on five separate occasions."
Ms Bageerathi, whose case has sparked a petition that has attracted around 175,000 signatures, has been detained at Yarl's Wood since March 19. She was due to be deported on Mother's Day but her removal was deferred.
The teenager's clearly-distressed mother could barely speak through her tears as she begged the authorities to allow Yashika to stay just long enough to finish her A-levels.
Speaking after the court ruling, Sowbhagyawatee Bageerathi told Channel 4 News: "Where she is going, she is worried about the life and the education. She has worked so hard here and now they want to ruin her life."
Mrs Bageerathi, who was comforted by Yashika's principal Lynne Dawes as she struggled not to break down, said: "I am very sad for my daughter . I am very worried. I want everybody to go together and not to send her alone. "
She promised that she would leave Britain with her two other children who are at school in England, if the authorities had a change of heart and did not deport Yashika. She also managed to force out the words "let her finish her exams".
Ms Dawes, the principal at Oasis Academy Hadley, told Channel 4 News: "We were really hoping that some compassion would be shown and she would be allowed to stay.
"If she does go today we will be doing everything possible to support her in Mauritius and also to try and help her complete her education but I really don't know what is possible - certainly she can't sit Mauritian A-levels because they won't be the same courses.
"We are still hoping that some compassion can be shown."
Miss Bageerath came to the UK with her mother, sister and brother in 2011 to escape a relative who was physically abusive and claimed asylum last summer.
She was due to take her A-level exams next month, with the first on May 14 and the final one will be held on June 23.
MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the influential Home Affairs Select Committee, had written to the Home Secretary to ask her to "urgently reconsider" the deportation.
In his letter to Theresa May, Mr Vaz said: "It is hardship enough for this young woman to be separated from her family and returned to Mauritius, where she claims she fears persecution.
"To interrupt her education at this late stage in order to do so seems needlessly cruel.
"It would be a simple and uncontroversial act of clemency to release her from detention and defer her deportation for a few weeks so that she can complete her education, and her case can be properly reconsidered."
Air Mauritius noted that it had been contacted by UK authorities during the last attempt to deport Miss Bhageerathi.
At that point, the spokesman noted: "Considering that all conditions (administrative and security) had not been met, Air Mauritius was not in a position to take the passenger on-board."
Matters now seem to have changed and the UK authorities claim they have assurances from the Mauritian officials that the family's safety will be protected and that she will be able to complete her education.
Miss Bageerath's friends at the Oasis Academy Hadley say she has made "an outstanding contribution" to the life there since she arrived.
Not only is she an incredibly talented mathematician, she has helped to train, teach and coach younger students in the subject while also pouring herself into voluntary work, they recalled.
Steve Chalke, founder of the Oasis campaign, said: "If anyone at the Home Office thinks that things are about to die down now that Yashika is out the country, they have well and truly got another thing coming.
"Our legal systems are designed to protect those who are vulnerable and reflect the heart of the British people. In this instance, they have done exactly the opposite.
"A young girl is being taken back to a potentially dangerous situation despite the fact that it is clear most people want her to remain in the country.
"Our students have been responsible for one of the most selfless and high-profile campaigns run by young people in years. It's clear from anyone that has spoken to them that this is just the beginning."
Miss Bageerath's MP David Burrowes said he was "deeply disappointed" by the deportation order.
The Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate said in terms of a having a robust, fair and humane immigration policy "in this particular individual case I believe that we have let Yashika down".
He told Channel 4 News: "An individual case needs to be looked at on its merits. Compassion and the circumstances need to be taken account of.
"Sadly in this case at the point of removal and the timing of removal, I don't believe that has happened.
"What is the harm of her just simply being allowed to continue to do her exams and be with her family?"


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Yehaw! Westworld's robots better have the proper shielding, because the HBO series is getting a major expert in magnets. Aaron Paul, best known as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, is joining the third season of the sci-fi series, TV Guide has confirmed.
As per usual with Westworld, there are no details about his character — aside from the fact that he'll be a series regular — because this show doesn't want us to know anything about anything. Will he be a robot? Will he be a human? Will he be a being of pure energy who bounces between the world of the living and that digital heaven that a bunch of robots walked into in the Season 2 finale? Who knows? Creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy sure aren't saying anything.
This looks to be Paul's highest-profile role since leaving Breaking Bad, for which he won three Emmys. The actor starred in Hulu's The Path, and is currently voicing Todd on Netflix's BoJack Horseman. And if you're into trivia, you might have known that his voice was used in Black Mirror's "USS Callister." He'll next be seen on Apple's upcoming anthology Are You Sleeping?, for which he has a one-season commitment.
Paul's casting was first reported by Deadline. The third season of Westworld does not have a premiere date.


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Fog shrouds the Houston region
Photo: Smiley N. Pool, Houston Chronicle
Heavy fog could play havoc with commuters in the Houston region early Monday morning.
A dense fog advisory is in effect through about 10 a.m. for Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Chambers and other counties in the area. Some spots could see visibility drop to less than a quarter of a mile, according to the National Weather Service.
Dense fog may reappear Tuesday morning as well, said Josh Lichter, a meteorologist with the weather service.
Lichter said moisture near the surface and light winds help create foggy conditions. Officials caution motorists to drive slowly and use their low-beam headlights.
So far, Lichter said, fog does not appear to be heavy enough to seriously affected flights at Bush International and Hobby airports.


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- The 110 Best IFTTT Recipes
- Blogging
- Social Networks
- Entertainment
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- Hardware
- Imaging
- Location and Weather
- Productivity
- RSS/Feedly
- Shopping
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If This Then That (or IFTTT—rhymes with "gift") has become the ultimate automation service for small tasks between Internet-connected services. Whether on the Web or with select apps on iOS and Android, IFTTT—one of our rare 5-star Editors' Choice picks—can handle anything its member service "channels" support.
When you have an IFTTT account, you activate any of the 211 available channels—that's almost exactly double the channels IFTTT had last year. Each has its own set of triggers (the "if this" part) or actions (the "then that" side) or both. For example, make a status update on one service (a trigger), IFTTT will ensure an action takes place on another channel, like reposting that update. Combine them just right and you can create a daisy chain of triggers and actions across a number of services, where just one post could hit almost every corner of your Web presence.
All the big names are supported on IFTTT. For social networking you'll find Facebook profiles, Facebook Pages, LinkedIn, Twitter, and, hysterically, Yo. There are Google services like YouTube, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. You'll find sync services like Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive, plus blog services like WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger. Don't forget popular media-sharing services such as SoundCloud, Instagram, and Flickr. Media outlets including BuzzFeed, ESPN, TMZ, Digg, and The New York Times have channels to push their content. Commerce services like Etsy, Fiverr, Craigslist, eBay, even Best Buy are there. Evernote, the uber-collector for any Web user, has a channel, along with read-it-later services Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability. Feedly and Inoreader channels are available for heavy RSS users (plus a generic "Feed" channel to work with any random RSS or Atom feed). There are generic channels for things like stocks, weather, date, time, and taking or making SMS messages and phone calls.
Also new of note in the last year: Microsoft Office 365 for work channels, the popular Weebly website builder, Entertainment Weekly, Wikipedia, and—finally—Pinterest!
Unique hardware with software triggers/actions is great for controlling your home: UP by Jawbone, Withings, SmartThings, the WeMo devices, and Harmony remotes from Belkin, Netatmo Weather Station, Philips Hue lightbulbs, and Google Glass have all been around a while. New hardware includes Amazon Echo, Automatic car connectors, Whistle Activity Monitors, Fitbit, GE Appliances, and the Nest Leaning Thermostat and Nest Protect smoke detectors.
The smartphone-specific abilities require use of the rebranded IF for iPhone app or IF for Android. In addition, IFTTT branched out this year, creating new mobile apps called Do, Do Camera, and Do Note. They help you skip the "if this" part, using the smartphone or tablet or even smartwatch to instantly do things with a single tap, such as post pics, change thermostat temps, turn off lights, create calendar events or notes, and more.
Most of the above channels are household names—there are plenty of other channels, and any one of them could be your favorite. You can view the complete list here.
Imagine putting these services to work, automating all the annoying things you otherwise would do manually. No more cross posting, no more extra emailing, no more backing up with cut-and-paste jobs. IFTTT takes care of more than you can imagine.
On the next few pages (to view it as one page, click the + above and the printer icon), you'll see our updated 101 favorite pre-made recipes—that's IFTTT's term for a full "if this, then that" combo. Recipes can be shared, making it easy for you to customize them to your needs. Create a great IFTTT task yourself, share it, and post the resulting recipe in the comments below so we know what we're missing.
This story originally ran on May 24, 2014.


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Clarifying cash costs
The World Gold Council wants miners to report expenses more thoroughly
by Greg Klein
According to convention, gold can be mined for a few hundred bucks an ounce. Or, when byproduct metals are factored in, for less than nothing. But that method of reporting cash costs might be coming to an end, thanks to the World Gold Council. On June 27 the agency prodded companies to report "all-in sustaining costs" and "all-in costs metrics" to include "additional costs which reflect the varying costs of producing gold over the life cycle of a mine." That includes exploration.
The guidelines aren't compulsory, even for WGC members. Nevertheless council spokesperson Terry Heymann said, "We expect that many will use these new metrics, providing further consistency for investors and other stakeholders."
The WGC, which describes itself as "the market development organization for the gold industry," devised the formula in consultation with its mining company members. Some of them began reporting all-in sustaining costs earlier this year. Barrick TSX:ABX explained its new approach in February. "Our current definition of all-in sustaining cash costs starts with total cash costs and adds sustaining capital expenditures, general and administrative costs, mine site exploration and evaluation costs, and environmental rehabilitation costs."
As a result the company reported traditionally calculated cash costs for 2012 at $584 per ounce of gold, but all-in sustaining costs of $972. The company predicted 2013 cash costs holding firm at $584 but a drop in all-in sustaining costs to $945.
The previous month Goldcorp TSX:G explained that it considered "byproduct cash costs, sustaining capital, corporate general and administrative expenses and exploration." But "as the measure seeks to reflect the full cost of gold production from current operations, new project capital is not included in the calculation."
The company's 2012 cash costs came to $645 or, after factoring in credits for other metals, a measly $315 an ounce. (Byproduct credits have given other companies negative cash costs.) But under the all-in sustaining cost formula, Goldcorp reckoned $865 an ounce for 2012. The company's January statement forecast 2013 all-in sustaining costs at $1,000 to $1,100 an ounce, attributing the increase to inflation and "the impacts of lower grades and byproduct production at Peñasquito," the company's second-largest producer.
Newmont TSX:NMC and Yamana TSX:YRI ranked among others reporting all-in sustaining costs. The WGC suggests others start the next calendar year with the new guidelines.
But those announced June 27 go further than all-in sustaining costs. Now considered are costs not related to current operations: community, permitting, and reclamation and remediation. Also included are non-sustaining costs: exploration and study, capital exploration, capitalized mine development and other capital expenditures. Added together, they form the "all-in cost."
Not factored in, however, are income tax, working capital, financing charges, "costs related to business combinations, asset acquisitions and asset disposals [and] items needed to normalize earnings, for example impairments on non-current assets and one-time material severance charges."
The WGC considers the new approach "helpful to investors, governments, local communities and other stakeholders in understanding the economics of gold mining." Presumably that might help clarify discussions about investment return, royalties and community benefits.
Of course the guidelines come at a time when bullion prices are falling towards or even below inflationary costs. Among last week's most widely publicized mining news was Barrick's announcement that it was slashing 100 desk jobs. Looked at less dramatically, that amounts to about 0.004% of the company's 25,000 employees.
More troubling news, however, came from smaller companies. Golden Minerals TSX:AUM, Huldra Silver TSXV:HDA and Atna Resources TSX:ATN have all suspended mining over the last week, while Troy Resources TSX:TRY cut pay, staff and exploration, among other expenses. In a statement accompanying Troy's June 27 announcement, CEO Paul Benson said, "Although we are bullish on the gold price over the medium and longer term, we will position the company to operate in the current price environment and any rise in the price of gold will be a bonus."


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OIF Summary, Nov. 9, 2009: Forces Arrest Terrorism Suspects in Iraq
Dispatches from the Front:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2009 -- Iraqi forces, partnered with U.S. advisors, have arrested numerous terrorism suspects in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported.
Credible intelligence led team Iraqi soldiers and their U.S. advisors to a northeastern Baghdad neighborhood to serve an arrest warrant on a Kataib Hezbollah terrorist group member suspected of planning and conducting attacks against security forces in Iraq.
During preliminary questioning of those at the scene, the security team positively identified the man and arrested him without incident.
In other recent operations in Iraq:
Iraqi security forces today arrested an alleged al-Qaida in Iraq associate in central Tikrit. A Salahuddin province police with an arrest warrant and U.S. advisors searched two houses while pursuing a man with alleged ties to al-Qaida in Iraq leaders in the province. The security team questioned several people and arrested the wanted man and a second suspect associated with terrorist activity.
Iraq's 5th Emergency Response Battalion, advised by U.S. forces, arrested a suspected terrorist leader wanted on a warrant and linked to numerous terrorist cells in Ninevah province Nov. 3. Khalil Nazir Khalil, also known as Abu Abdallah, was arrested in his home near Mosul.
Khalil is suspected of being a key leader of numerous Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al-Naqshabandi terrorist group cells operating in Mosul. The cell has been linked to numerous bombing attacks throughout Ninevah province.
In Ramadi, an Iraqi special weapons and tactics unit, with U.S. forces advisors, arrested two people suspected of al-Qaida in Iraq activities Nov 3. The arrests were made with a court warrant.
"This is the third operation conducted in the last month in the Ramanah district," said Lt. Mukhlis, an Al Qaim SWAT commander. "Local Iraqis are beginning to come forward with known locations of terrorists throughout the Al Qaim district."
Iraqi forces arrested six suspected terrorists yesterday during two combined operations in search of al-Qaida in Iraq members in Baghdad.
In western Baghdad, Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched a building for an alleged Baghdad-based al-Qaida in Iraq leader, but did not locate him. However, the security team arrested five people they questioned at the scene and determined to be members of the terrorist group. Iraqi forces made the arrests without incident.
During a combined operation in southwestern Baghdad, Iraqi forces with an arrest warrant and U.S. advisors searched a building for a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member alleged to coordinate vehicle-bomb attacks against civilians. One person was arrested based on evidence found at the scene linking him to suspicious activity. The suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member sought under the warrant was not apprehended.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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Lindenwood University history professor Jeff Smith has won the Lindenwood President's Scholar-Teacher award. He was presented a plaque by President James D. Evans at the school's faculty meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10.
The scholar-teacher award is presented annually to the Lindenwood professor who most effectively merges professional scholarship with effective classroom teaching. This ideal may be achieved by through nurturance of major scholarship in one's students as part of their coursework, application of one's scholarly work to improvement in one's classroom teaching, or development of scholarly works for use by students in their classes.
Nominations for the award are made directly from the academic divisions, and finalists are selected by the Faculty Planning and Development Committee. The Dean's Council selects the winning nominee and reports its choice to the president.
Smith has taught at Lindenwood since 1996, before which he was executive director of the Summit County Historical Society in Akron, Ohio, and the St. Louis Mercantile Library, respectively; he has a bachelor's from Mount Union College, an M.F.A. from Syracuse University and a doctorate from the University of Akron.
"To receive an honor such as this has been humbling, since I'm always aware that I'm surrounded by such a fine group of professors and colleagues," Smith said.
In his off time, Smith portrays various historical figures, including Andrew Carnegie, P.T. Barnum and William Clark, for different groups. Rick Boyle, vice president for human resources, said Smith's talent as a raconteur serves him well in the classroom.
"He is a great storyteller and helps to make history come off the page," Boyle said.


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This week was the debut of the new Star Wars: Blood Ties 4-part series called "Boba Fett is Dead."
The news spreads from one end of the galaxy to the other like wildfire: Boba Fett, the galaxy's most feared bounty hunter, is dead.
But when members of the team that killed Fett are themselves picked off one by one, Connor Freeman–the son of one of Jango Fett's clones–gets pulled into the action in a most unexpected way!
The series is written by Tom Taylor. The artwork and cover is Chris Scalf.
The publisher, Dark Horse Comics, has a preview of the comic's first few pages online.
The series "Blood Ties" was previously used for a Boba / Jango four-part comic book series, "A Tale of Jango and Boba Fett."


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How do advisors make sense of proposed DOL regulations as they apply to fiduciary duty and specifically their potential impact on how advisors manage IRA rollovers?
Not an easy question, but one Pershing attempts to answer in a white paper released Tuesday.
The white paper, "Navigating the Evolving Regulatory Landscape in Pursuit of Rollovers," written by ERISA attorney and retirement plan expert Fred Reish, provides insight into the anticipated regulatory changes that will modify the definition of a fiduciary. Pershing said it released the white paper "to help guide advisors on how they can accommodate these rules" as they apply to IRA rollovers "and continue to deliver services to their clients."
Robert Cirrotti, director of retirement solutions at Pershing, said there were three drivers behind the release of the paper.
"The first is the ongoing regulatory discussion and pondering of fiduciary, and the potential DOL and SEC activity on the subject," Cirrotti said. "The second driver is the fact that 40% of advisors do some type of retirement planning. It's a relevant issue, and IRA rollovers will be the largest source of net new money to money management in coming years. In fact, McKinsey estimates that rollovers are expected to drive 40% to 50% of net new money for wealth managers through 2015."
The third driver, he said, was a continuation of the conversation begun with "clients" (Pershing-affiliated advisors) at this year's annual Pershing Insite conference in Hollywood, Fla., in June.
"It surrounds the discussion of retirement as a share of wallet. Retirement plans are the No. 1 source of savings for individuals, so the opportunity is huge."
Just how huge?
The paper, citing ICI research, notes that at the end of the first quarter, IRA assets totaled $5.7 trillion and accounted for 27% of U.S. retirement assets. This figure is up $300 billion from just three months earlier, with rollovers from employer-sponsored retirement plans driving much of that growth.
For that reason, IRA rollovers are a critical client need as well as an important part of the advisory business. As baby boomers retire, advisors will need to help manage the transition of "billions of dollars from retirement plans into rollover IRAs." At the same time, he added, retirement plan distributions and IRA rollovers are becoming more regulated by the Department of Labor, which will require advisors to be knowledgeable about the regulatory changes to come.
As the DOL works on regulation to expand the definition of fiduciary advice, more advisors could be subject to ERISA regulation. According to the paper, advisors who are not fiduciaries can help participants with distributions and rollovers. For those who are fiduciaries, or who become fiduciaries under the expanded definition, the DOL interpretations mean that advisors should consider a prudent approach for assisting clients with rollovers, including:
- Clearly defining the fiduciary services provided to a plan so as not to include rollovers
- Ensuring that the decision to take a distribution and to roll over an IRA is the participant's decision
- Offering clients unbiased educational materials regarding distribution alternatives and rollover services
- Providing written disclosure of fees and expenses for the IRA and its investments, as well as the advisor's compensation
If regulations change to expand the fiduciary definition, it will focus more attention on an advisor's fiduciary status with regard to a plan or participant, the paper notes. Because it is not possible to predict what the rules will be once they are finalized, it argues that advisors should always consider their current practices based on the current regulatory environment until pending changes are clear.
Check out Senate Banking Aide: Committee Has 'No Interest' in Bill to Block Fiduciary Rules on ThinkAdvisor.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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BECOMING GLEN (FOX) - Ricky Blitt's failed 2002 FOX single-camera comedy pilot is on track for a resurrection as CBS, NBC and FOX are said to be bidding on a reworked version of the project, about a successful fortysomething man who looks back at 1994, when he was a 32-year-old slacker (Johnny Galecki) living with his parents and spending all his time lying on the couch watching TV. Said development is said to be the result of the addition of "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane to the project, which will be reworked as a multi-camera version. Original producer 20th Century Fox Television will remain on board the new version, which is expected to fetch a pilot order with a series penalty.
BLACK, WHITE (A.K.A. UNTITLED R.J. CULTER PROJECT)/THIEF (FX) - The cable channel has confirmed both series are on track for a March launch. The former is a six-part documentary series about two families - the Sparkses, a black family from Atlanta, and the Wurgels, a Caucasian family from Santa Monica, California - who share a home in Tarzana, California, during which Oscar-nominated makeup effects artist Keith VanderLaan makes the Sparks family appear white and the Wurgels appear black. R.J. Cutler ("30 Days") produces the series along with Ice Cube's Cube Vision Productions. As for "Thief," the six-part drama focuses on a team of robbers during a period of dangerous personal and professional crisis. The ensemble cast includes Yancey Arias, Andre Braugher, Clifton Collins Jr., Linda Hamilton, Dina Meyer, Michael Rooker, Mae Whitman and Malik Yoba. Norman Morrill ("The Visitor") is behind the series, a co-production of Fox Television Studios, Regency TV and Pariah Television.
THE BOGEYMAN (NBC, New!) - The Peacock has given a script order to a new drama about an expert in "deprogramming" people. Said project, which would track said expert as he/she works to help people who have been brainwashed - such as victims of cults posing as religious organizations, members of terrorist organizations and women abused by their husbands, is set up at NBC Universal Television and Tony Krantz's Flame Television, with Erik Jendresen attached to write the pilot script. Rick Ross, who has worked as a deprogrammer since 1982, is on board as a consultant.
BOSTON LEGAL (ABC) - Lisa Vidal ("The Division") is set to appear in a multi-episode arc on the sophomore drama. She'll play a woman running a women's shelter who gets involved with James Spader's character. It's not clear when her first episode will air.
C.S.I.: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS) - Franchise creator Anthony Zuiker has inked a massive three-year, eight-figure overall production deal with Paramount Network Television. The pact calls for Zuiker to continue in his executive producer role on all three "C.S.I." series, including showrunner of the "New York" edition. Zuiker's current deal was set to expire in February. Alliance Atlantis, which produces the "C.S.I." franchise with Paramount, however won't be involved with Zuiker's new deal.
CHEYENNE/THERE & BACK (MTV) - The cable channel is moving forward with two of its projects originally announced over the summer (read the story): "There & Back," about former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel as he attempts to make it as a solo act while broke and anticipating the birth of his first child; and "Cheyenne," about newcomer Cheyenne Kimball, winner of NBC's short-lived "America's Most Talented Kid" series, as she sets out to produce her first album and her family's move from Frisco, Texas, to Hollywood. The former project will premiere Monday, January 9 at 10:30/9:30c with Lois Curren, Matt Anderson, Melanie Graham and Larry Rudolph executive producing along with creator Rod Aissa. No launch date and producing details however were given for "Cheyenne."
THE DRESDEN FILES (Sci Fi) - Valerie Cruz ("Nip/Tuck") has been cast in the two-hour backdoor pilot movie, about occult investigator Harry Dresden (Paul Blackthorne). She'll play a hard-nosed Chicago police detective who handles violent crimes and works side by side with Dresden.
FREE BIRDS/THAT '70S SHOW (FOX) - Lara Everly ("Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny") has booked recurring roles on both FOX series. In the latter she'll play the girlfriend of Wilmer Valderrama's Fez character who who moves in with him and Jackie. As for "Free Birds," she'll play an unspecified character on the partially improvised series, which bows sometime next year. "Free Birds" stars Josh Dean as a college grad who's forced to return to his small Midwestern hometown and move back in with his parents. Erin Cahill and Dave Sheridan also star.
HEROES (NBC, New!) - "Crossing Jordan" creator/executive producer Tim Kring has set up a pair of projects as part of his two-year overall deal at NBC Universal Television. "Heroes," which is described as a reality-bending, large ensemble drama about a group of seemingly everyday people who discover that they have superpowers, has scored a script order at NBC while an unspecified drama has been set up at CBS. Kring will write and executive produce the former while Buzz Bissinger, author of "Friday Night Lights" and "Shattered Glass," is behind the latter with Kring executive producing.
SEX, POWER, LOVE & POLITICS (CBS, New!) - Writer/producer Greg Malins ("Will & Grace") has set up a new multi-camera comedy at the Eye and Sony Pictures Television about four underachieving staffers in their mid-30s who work on Capitol Hill. It's understood "Sex" was the subject of a bidding war between CBS, ABC and FOX with the former obviously landing the project. As for specifics, "Sex" will track the quartet, all of whom live next to each other, as they juggle their political work and personal lives, as well as socialize at the neighborhood bar.
SURVIVOR (CBS) - Host Jeff Probst has inked a two-year deal with CBS and Mark Burnett Productions to continue in his duties on the series through its 16th edition (or the 2007-08 season). Probst's contract had been set to expire following the 12th edition, which begins airing early next year. No financial details were specified.
UNTITLED KAREN STILLMAN PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Bob Cooper's Landscape Entertainment ("Medical Investigation") has inked a one-year development deal with the network. Said pact, financial details of which weren't specified, calls for Landscape to develop two scripts for FOX, with at least one guaranteed a pilot order. In addition, Fox TV Studios will co-produce any resulting series from the deal. The first project developed as part of the pact is a drama about a sex therapist. Karen Stillman (VH1's "They Shoot Divas, Don't They?") is behind the hour with Cooper and Jeff Sagansky executive producing.
UNTITLED SECTION EIGHT NBA PROJECT (HBO, New!) - George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh's Section Eight banner ("Unscripted," "K Street") is set to team with NBA Entertainment and Maloof Television for a new unscripted comedy series set in the world of basketball. Said project would tell the story of a fictional NBA expansion team through the eyes of a coach, a cheerleader, a seasoned player and a rookie. And like Section Eight's previous efforts, the untitled half-hour will mix fictional and real-life elements. It's understood former Los Angeles Lakers center Vlade Divac is in talks to play the veteran with former Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson in talks to play the coach.
UNTITLED ZACH HELM PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Feature writer Zach Helm (the upcoming "Stranger Than Fiction") has scored a put pilot commitment from FOX for a project described as a psychological family drama with a major twist. The project is set up at 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television with Jim Garavente, Brian Grazer, David Nevins and Craig Silverstein all serving as executive producers along with Helm.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters


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PlayStation 4 "Best Place to Play" video touts up exclusive content, games in development
Sony has released a video detailing why it thinks PlayStation 4 is the "Best Place 4 the Players to Play," citing things such as having over 180 games in development, which it says is "more than any other nex-gen console."
The US video also touts up the exclusive content agreement between Ubisoft and Sony, which will see Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag content land on PS4 first.
Time exclusive content will be on PS4 for six months before anywhere else, and Ubisoft may or may not release it elsewhere – as with the Benedict Arnold in Assassin's Creed 3.
Watch it below. The console lands in stores next month.


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So, that countdown Square Enix had everybody pumped for? The one that could have been for a sequel or something similar? Turns out Square Enix was actually getting us pumped for an iOS port. Prepare to rage!
Or maybe not. There are hints that this isn't the only TWEWY announcement cooking in the pot. Fingers crossed that this is a bridge to something even cooler. Just don't hope too high.
The news broke early, ahead of the countdown's end, thanks to a game soundtrack listing on Square Enix's online store. Mention of the iOS version have since been removed, but the truth is out. Still, we know it's getting some new music added to the soundtrack.
Countdown still has two days to go. Will we get more than just this bit of news?
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Heads up, we're sending orders to a printing company tomorrow, so this is your last chance to get an atWar t-shirt - either with the current Lifetime + T-shirt promotion or separately from the ProtoShop. We might print some extra t-shirts for later, but they would be limited in color/size.
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Journalists At Sochi Are Live-Tweeting Their Hilarious And Gross Hotel Experiences
" Amid continued debate over whether or not Sochi is prepared to host the 2014 Olympics (here are 15 alarming signs that Russia might not be ready) reporters from around the world are starting to check into local hotels — to their apparent grief. Some journalists arriving in Sochi are describing appalling conditions in the housing there, where only six of nine media hotels are ready for guests. Hotels are still under construction. Water, if it's running, isn't drinkable. One German photographer told the AP over the weekend that his hotel still had stray dogs and construction workers wandering in and out of rooms."
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This is where to make your base camp for an attempt on the summit of Turquino Mountain
Bu ili ismini yatdan alır. Bu yat Granmanin güneybatı ucuna demirlenmis ve Castro, Che ve onların yakin destekçileri taşıyan yatdir.
Kübanin en görkemli daği Sierra Maestra.
Yoğun mavi Karayip Denizi ve verimli ovalar ile Cauto Nehri tarafından Granma bir yelpaze yapmakdadir.
Granma Milli Parkı Dünya Kültür Sitesi.
Bartolome Maso
This is where to make your base camp for an attempt on the summit of Turquino Mountain
It is the capital of Granma Province. This area was important in the Cuban struggle for freedom and has a wealth of historic places of interest, including the site where Jose Marti was shot, and one of Cuba's greatest national parks, Gran Parque Nacional Sierra Maestra, to the south of Bayamo township.
Bayamo has a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere and makes concessions to tourism. The town is centred around Parque Cespedes which is a delightful, shady park containing long marble benches and statues of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes (called nothing less than the Father of the Nation) and Perucho Figueredo. On the north side of the park is the Ayuntamiento, it was in front of this in 1868 that Cespedes proclaimed independence for Cuba.
On weekend evenings, the square hosts something resembling a large party, with hundred of Bayamese dressed to the nines, socializing and eating rosquitas, the local sweet made of yuca.
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It is an important industrial port for the exportation of sugar. On most nights you will find some form of live musical entertainment taking place. The city is quiet. The most notable architectural features being Moorish in origin in the main square: a riotous gazebo, wedding-cake fountains and sphinx statues, and a casa de la cultura with a tiled courtyard depicting Columbus' landing.
Here is a monument for Cespedes, one of the leaders of the war against the Spanish colonialists at the end of the 19th century.
It's a perfect place for nature-lovers, for it offers plenty of outdoor activities. Explore the surrounding trails, go spelunking, explore the seabed, visit the Desembarco del Granma (Landing of the Granma) National Park and learn about aboriginal customs.
Playa Marea del Portillo
Marea del Portillo is the most important tourist resort in the Granma province.
Located on the Southeast coast of Cuba, the famous Marea del Portillo Beach is at the foothills of the Sierra Maestra Mountains. This provides a dramatic backdrop to the exotic black sand beach that stretches over 2 km. Not far from Marea on the road to Santiago de Cuba you will come across an amazing view of the highest mountain in Cuba, 2005m Pico Turquino.
Also close to Marea del Portillo lies the Desembarco del Granma (Granma Landing) National Park, which was declared a World's Natural Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The beautiful El Salto Waterfalls is about two hours from Marea del Portillo.
In addition, just 500 meters away from the beach is Cayo Blanco, a small islet considered an ideal place for romantic people and boasting exceptional sea bottoms.
You can dive to an old Galleon with 36 canyons and their characteristic round balls, as well as other of the ships belonging to the squad of Cervera, the "Christopher Columbus" which still shows a high degree of preservation.
Towards Cabo Cruz, in the Southeast edge of the eastern region, fabulous sceneries open up around the coral reef located here with moose horns corals, sea fan and all sort of fish that you can admire due to the existence of Marea del Portillo diving center.
If you accommodate in any of the hotels of Marea del Portillo, you will be able to discover the charms of Cayo Blanco and its underwater beauties as well as to access to the facilities and services that its marinas offer.
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KDE Plasma 5.7.4, bugfix Release for August
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Tuesday, 23 August 2016. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.7.4. Plasma 5.7 was released in August with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds three weeks' worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
- Fixed dragging items bug in Kickoff
- Mouse settings being applied in kdelibs4 applications
- Improved handling of screen CRTC information
Live Images
The easiest way to try it out is with a live image booted off a USB disk. You can find a list of Live Images with Plasma 5 on the KDE Community Wiki.
Package Downloads
Distributions have created, or are in the process of creating, packages listed on our wiki page.
Source Downloads
You can install Plasma 5 directly from source. KDE's community wiki has instructions to compile it. Note that Plasma 5 does not co-install with Plasma 4, you will need to uninstall older versions or install into a separate prefix.
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You can provide feedback direct to the developers via the #Plasma IRC channel, Plasma-devel mailing list or report issues via bugzilla. If you like what the team is doing, please let them know!
Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
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KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and macOS.
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I need a copy of both of Naumov's papers here. I will post one and call it Naumov 1....then the other and call it Naumov 2, to save people scrolling all over the place.
SEE Naumov 1.........SEE:https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.03119.pdf APRIL 8,2019
SEE Naumov 2.........SEE:https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.08768.pdf JUNE 25,2018
For the novice reader, neutrons and protons in a nucleus are bound there by strong forces, that typically run a few million electron volts to around 15 million electron volts. Extremely energetic photons (gammas) and neutrinos can eject nucleons of both types, so the cOHERENT experiment was tailored to neutrino energies from stopped pions in the sweet spot..around 30 Mev.
When you examine the graphs with red coherent and blue incoherent lines the coherent cross section dominates, but has a very sharp cutoff value, depending upon the type of nucleus involved in the detector design, Cs, I, Ge, etc. Aluminum should have numbers typical of sodium as it has a few more neutrons, but the incoming flux from any supernovae is modified depending on the presupernova isotopic abundances in the precursor star, the collapse model (pair instability or not? ), and intervening matter path lengths.
Naumov and Bednyakov have found that the incoherent cross section is largewr than expected and may be contributing a 15-20 % error to some results. This can be bettered by looking for coincident gamma rays from timed pulse sources, nanoseconds after impacts. Graphs in the 80s typically were in barns.